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How Did it Work?

  • By pressing a button on the back of the chair. Then it would send a signal to one of the attendants, while illuminating a light on the chair. This would show who needed help.

What is it?

  • A chair that would send a signal when you needed assistance

Inventor & when?

  • Miriam E. Benjamin in 1888

Who is Miriam E. Benjamin?

  • She is famous and well known for being the second black woman to be issued a patent (a gov. authority or license)

Why was it invented?

Benjamin saw that many hotels and restaurants seemed overstaffed for the number of customers needing service at any moment so she invented the " Gong & Signal Chair for Hotels."

Gong & Signal Chair for Hotels

By: Aylin Lopez

Gong & Signal Chair

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